October 31 2009: Ahh, the big night of Trick or Treat finally arrived. Andi had a countdown marked off on her calendar. For about the last week I had an up to date accounting of 3 days...2 1/2 days, 2 days and so on. I'm not sure who was more excited to have it arrive, me or her. Now I suppose begins the countdown to Christmas.Anyway, as with any good Halloween costume, we had a few glitches. The collar of her costume wouldn't stay standing, so we settled for a neck warmer. Then of course, there is the issue of mom not knowing how to do makeup very well. For those wondering...Andi went as a "Vampitess" (that's what she called it) the female version of a vampire.
We joined forces with her friend Jolie and younger brother Ethan. First we went to a neighbors house....then off to the base we drove, with everyone else attached to the Misawa Air Base. I'm hoping next halloween that we can pull things together in the housing areas, and do trick or treat out here. The base was fun, but crowded, but very efficient.
Noah the dog (Jolie and Ethan's dog) joined us as well. I'm sure this dog is all over the internet now...people were taking his picture left and right. He did pretty well, though I'm glad Bree (J and E's mom) was there to take care of "doggy patrol". I "borrow" Noah during the week and take him out on my walks and do enough "patrol" on those days! For a short little dog, he can sure hustle along...no strolling along for me!
Just a view of base trick or treating. I tried to get pictures of the crowds, but couldn't do it justice in the dark. I've heard rumors that living on base and handing out candy, some folks spend up to $100 on candy to keep a good supply going. I'll have to say, most houses were well stocked and didn't start encountering run outs til almost the 8 o'clock curfew.
Early in the evening, so Andi still looks pretty peppie. This is the first year that she actually asked to end the evening before curfew (we usually do 6-8, curfew is 8 in the areas we have lived previously as well) But she was tired, and her bag was heavy!
Ahhh, the end result! Part of her pile is cut off...she counted out her candy....306 pieces collected. Though mommie gets about 5 of those (peanut butter cups....she does NOT do peanut butter in any form) 6 for dad....coconut (blah), and about 10 that she is not allowed to eat at all. So a pretty good haul for her. She'll go through in the next few weeks and eat the Hershey's, Kit Kats and 3 Musketeers.....then the rest will linger, linger, linger, and 'round about Easter it'll be dumped to make way for Easter Chocolates. For her it's the adventure of the night and the excitement it creates, all else is just a side benefit.We had good weather for Trick or Treating. Somewhere in the low 50's upper 40's....I thought it rather balmy and warm. This morning (Nov 2) it is actually cold (39) with a bit of wind blowing, so probably close to freezing. A little bit of rain/snow tried to fall on the morning walk, but more rain than anything else. It is Novemeber, so
